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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 496 · 40 questions
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Remember (Book and writer): Ramayana – Valmiki, Mahabharata – Ved Vyasa, Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma, Ramcharitmanas – Tulsidas, Meghaduta – Kalidasa, Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore, Tirukkural – Thiruvalluvar. Godan and Idgah – Premchand, The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling, Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll, Wings of Fire – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata and has 18 chapters; there were 5 Pandava brothers.

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  1. 1.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  11. 11.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  27. 27.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  28. 28.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  34. 34.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  35. 35.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  36. 36.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  39. 39.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. the Panchatantra
  3. English
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. the Ramayana
  6. Vishnu Sharma
  7. False
  8. False
  9. True
  10. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  11. False
  12. True
  13. False
  14. Awadhi
  15. 18
  16. True
  17. Tulsidas
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Bengali
  20. Idgah
  21. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  22. Rabindranath Tagore
  23. False
  24. Premchand
  25. Hindi
  26. Sanskrit
  27. Rama
  28. False
  29. Kalidasa
  30. Godan
  31. True
  32. True
  33. the Mahabharata
  34. 18
  35. Tirukkural
  36. True
  37. True
  38. 5
  39. False
  40. False

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